Quality of life comparison

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If you lived in Germany instead of Greenland, you would:

Health

live 10.5 years longer

In Greenland, the average life expectancy is 70 years (68 years for men, 72 years for women) as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 81 years (78 years for men, 83 years for women) as of 2024.

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be 26.4% less likely to be obese

In Greenland, 28.1% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Germany, that number is 20.6% of people as of 2024.

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Life

be 64.6% less likely to die during infancy

In Greenland, approximately 8.8 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Germany, on the other hand, 3.1 children do as of 2024.

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have 32.5% fewer children

In Greenland, there are approximately 12.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Germany, there are 8.1 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Basic Needs

be 34.5% more likely to have internet access

In Greenland, approximately 69.5% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Germany, about 93.5% do as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 48.6% less on education

Greenland spends 10.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Germany spends 5.2% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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Geography

see 94.6% less coastline

Greenland has a total of 44,087 km of coastline. In Germany, that number is 2,389 km.

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Infrastructure

find 42.6% more home broadband

Greenland has 32.0 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2022. Germany has 45.6 as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 33.6% less CO2

Greenland emits 10.4 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Germany emits 6.9 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2022–2024), The World Factbook (2019–2022), World Health Organization (2024). How we calculate this

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Germany: At a glance

Germany is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 348,672 sq km. As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation (after Russia), Germany is a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.
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